Questions and Answers
for Pregnant Women and Birth Mothers

We are here to help pregnant women and birth mothers regardless of whether you are considering placing a child for adoption or raising your child yourself. With that in mind we hope the following will help lead you to answers to
your most frequently asked questions

About Us

Do you charge for your services?

Our services are free to all pregnant women and birth mothers. You may call our toll free number, 1(800)943-0400, or contact us 24 hours
a day for help.

Who are you?

Adoption Services is a licensed non-profit adoption agency created by Dr Vince Berger to help women with issues related to pregnancy, health, raising children
and adoption.

Pregnancy
Questions and Answers

How do I find out whether or not I am pregnant?

You can confirm if you are pregnant by using a home pregnancy test or by going to your local health clinic,
physician or midwife.

What about depression during and after pregnancy?

Depression that occurs during pregnancy or within a year after delivery is called perinatal depression. Depression after pregnancy is called
postpartum depression or peripartum depression. Depression is one of the most common complications during and after pregnancy.

Adoption
Questions and Answers

What are my options if I do not raise the baby myself?

You have several choices. You can consider placing your child with the other birth parent, in foster
care, placing with a family member, or placing your child for adoption with a loving family.

Can I get living expenses and other financial help?

The answer is generally yes, but it depends on the expenses and the states involved. Every state has different laws regulating the payment of money to a birth mother, so there are 50 different laws and 50 different ways it is handled. What monies you can receive are controlled by the laws of your state of residence or the state where you
end your parental rights. In
general, all medical and legal expenses are always covered and lost wages, living costs, and miscellaneous costs may be covered depending on the state law. A licensed adoption agency can help make sure that you get all the financial help, support and other assistance that you need and the law allows.

What are the advantages of using an adoption agency versus a private adoption?

An child adoption agency gives the birth mother and birth father more protection and more options than a private child adoption. A private child adoption
is risky and private adoptions have even been declared illegal in some states.

What is the best way to select an adoption agency?

Educate yourself about the questions to ask a child adoption agency. Call the licensing authority to verify the record of the adoption agency. Please use
the following link to read more about how to select the right child adoption agency.

Can I be sure my child is placed in a safe / loving home?

You of course want your child to be with a family that will love and care for your child and who will also keep your child safe from harm. Choosing
the right people to assist you in locating a good and caring family for your child is very important. If you decide on a private child adoption where you, your doctor, friend, or
attorney selects the adoption family, you can never be sure about things that a family might prefer to hide from you or the person screening the family for you. Anyone can pretend to be a good person for a
few hours. But, if they are hiding something, placing your child with them can put your child at risk. However, if you go with a licensed child adoption agency, you can be much more assured that the
family is a good one. An adoption agency, such as Adoption Services, carefully screens all families including child abuse, criminal record and FBI clearances, medical screening, tax records, personal and
professional references, multiple in-depth personal interviews, a tour of their home and neighborhood and much, much, more. The child adoption agency is trained and experienced at looking for those things
that other less experienced persons may miss about the adoption family. Please use the following link to read more about how to be sure your child is placed in a safe and loving home.

Can I help select the family?

Is adoption permanent or can I get my child back?

Adoption results in the permanent ending of the parental rights and responsibilities of the biological
mother and father. It
then permanently places those responsibilities and rights onto the adoptive parents.

What is the difference between open / closed adoption?

An open child adoption is where you know the last name and other identifying
information about the family and a closed child adoption is where you do not know this information. Many birth mothers, birth
fathers and adopting families have misconceptions about the differences. Please visit the above links for additional information.

How Do I Get Started?

Take your time. Take care of yourself and your baby. Contact us at Adoption Services or some other licensed child adoption agency.
Please use the following link to read more about getting started.

Adoption Services is a fully licensed non-profit adoption agency that helps birth mothers living in any state in the U.S. The Agency can also help a U.S. citizen living in any foreign country. Adoption Services has helped over 9000 birth parents and families. Feel free to contact us if
you have any questions or if you want our guidance or help. We can make sure your child is placed with the perfect family, your rights are protected, and that you receive all the financial assistance and medical help as well as other types of help that the law allows. There is never
any fee to you as a birth parent whether you work with our agency or decide to look elsewhere. Please visit the link "Ways we can help you".

We Can Help a Birth Mother Living in Any State

We are licensed in multiple states and are able to help a birth mother, birth father, and adopting family living in any of the 50 U.S. states.